[hognoxious]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Can you get those with mild or spicy sauce?

The classic 16' and 17' boats could be considered stable on the water or 'mild' ... their 14' boat is definitely 'spicy' in white-water!

Check em' out at Welcome to Buffalo Canoes Manufacturing

[TX2AR]

Anywhere in Newton County is great place to get away

[Luvvarkansas]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

The food may not be wonderful but a half pound burger with your choice of any one of three types of French fries (regular, curly or fresh cut) for $3.75 is decidedly not over-priced. I'd gladly pay double that just for the atmosphere which is like good seasoning on the food!

Update - here is a link to the Ozark Cafe's menu...if you don't want to go to it, or if for some reason it doesn't work, a burger is now 3.49, a cheeseburger is 3.99, and fries are 1.49 extra.

The Front Porch Inn - Jasper Arkansas

I tried the link after I posted it....you will have to click on another link at the top left of the page to get to the Ozark Cafe page. The cafe also has its own site: Ozark Cafe - Home

The atmosphere is good, I'll give you that!

[newsites]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

The food may not be wonderful but a half pound burger with your choice of any one of three types of French fries (regular, curly or fresh cut) for $3.75 is decidedly not over-priced. I'd gladly pay double that just for the atmosphere which is like good seasoning on the food!

$6.00 for that burger now !!!! no fries
We had a louzzzzzzy meal there last week left hungry with a lite billfold !!!

[jimnelson1]

Next time you're in Jasper, run up to the HUB and see Randal and Debbie. Their little restaurant up there has the best steaks in the area.

The place is easy to miss, look for their sign, then take the Hwy 7 spur to get there. It's at the old Dogpatch theme park.

[Virgil Steiner]

I have found that every town named Jasper is a very nice town.

Jasper, Arkansas
Jasper, Alabama
Jasper, Indiana
Jasper, Texas

Those are the only Jasper's i been to, but they are all real nice clean little towns.

[newsites]

Originally Posted by jimnelson1

Next time you're in Jasper, run up to the HUB and see Randal and Debbie. Their little restaurant up there has the best steaks in the area.

The place is easy to miss, look for their sign, then take the Hwy 7 spur to get there. It's at the old Dogpatch theme park.

"THE HUB" Drove up there last week Friday.
It looks like a ghost town, several abandon rundown Bldgs. on the property.
As for the HUB saw a man an woman sitting on the deck smoking, probably the owners ?
Not another person to be seen anywhere. When Dog Patch USA closed in the 1980s
it killed the Motel,The HUB and everything connected. Sure did not help JASPER either !
Millions $$$$$$ have been lost......
Ya wanna see a Super Unique town with a lot of history, take a ride to Eureka Springs AR.
It's like going back in time.
Lot more to do there then Jasper, Lots of shops eating places to boot.

[shyguylh]

I have a question--I've been to Jasper twice, I particularly love "The Blue Hole" and Ponca Bridge and Pruitt especially. (In fact I did a past post here with GPS coordinates & such of places I liked, the link is here.)

Anyway, my question is, with our recent government shutdown, where places like the Grand Canyon & such closed, did any of those Jasper close down during that period? It's hard to see how something like Ponca Low Bridge closed, the path is so short & there seems to be ways to get there otherwise, but I was curious.

LRH

[Luvvarkansas]

Originally Posted by newsites;32157533Ya wanna see a [B

Super Unique town[/b] with a lot of history, take a ride to Eureka Springs AR.
It's like going back in time.
Lot more to do there then Jasper, Lots of shops eating places to boot.

Yes, ES is unique and beautiful, and has lots more shopping and eating to do, but the draw of Jasper is the outdoors....so many hiking and camping and canoeing and rock climbing and scenic driving and other outdoor opportunities to be had within just a few miles of Jasper it's unbelievable.

[Luvvarkansas]

Originally Posted by shyguylh

I have a question--I've been to Jasper twice, I particularly love "The Blue Hole" and Ponca Bridge and Pruitt especially. (In fact I did a past post here with GPS coordinates & such of places I liked, the link is here.)

Anyway, my question is, with our recent government shutdown, where places like the Grand Canyon & such closed, did any of those Jasper close down during that period? It's hard to see how something like Ponca Low Bridge closed, the path is so short & there seems to be ways to get there otherwise, but I was curious.

LRH

Here is what Tim Ernst had to say at the time on his journal:

I've been getting a lot of questions about where one can and cannot hike at the moment. I can understand some of the confusion since those who know may have left the building. But in general, here is some info that I hope will help. Avoid anything that has "national" or "U.S." in the name - like "National" park, river, or monument. This would include the entire Buffalo National River park - seems that all of it is now closed, meaning you are not allowed to be there, even to hike, camp, fish or whatever. The national forests are a little more questionable, but certainly all facilities are closed - like campgrounds, info centers, Blanchard Springs Caverns, etc. It is unclear if we are allowed to hike the trails in national forests or not, so probably best to just avoid them.

STATE and other non-federal lands should be open for business as usual, like all of our wonderful state parks (Petit Jean, Devils Den, Lake Ft. Smith, Mt. Magazine, etc.); natural areas (like Kings River Falls and Sweden Creek natural areas, etc.); and Arkansas Game & Fish areas (like the Elk Info Center in Ponca and in Jasper, and many wildlife management areas scattered around the state). Certainly you can drive our state highways and enjoy the views and wildlife, although roads that lead into national parks (like down into Steele Creek, Kyles Landing along the Buffalo, etc.) are closed to the public.